Linux Mint Debian How-to Shrink-Reduce-Resize a LVM Volume with Swap Easy Guide

Shrink/Reduce/Resize LVM with Swap on LMDE

The Linux Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How-to Reduce/Shrink/Resize a LVM/LVM2 Volume to Free Up Space on Linux Mint Debian Edition 2012/2012/2013 i386/amd64 Desktop.

After to have Shrinked the LVM Logical Volume to FREE up Space You will Need also to Reduce the Physical LVM Volume!

1. Boot System with Ubuntu (Kubuntu/Lubuntu/Xubuntu) Live Media

   How-to Create a Live Ubuntu Media:

   Getting and Burning Ubuntu

   Ubuntu Live CD/DVD Creation.

2. Open Terminal Window
   Ctrl+Alt+t
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

3. Find the LVM Volume Name to Shrink

   sudo su && lvmdiskscan

   It will be of the Form: /dev/my-vg/my-lv
   And if it’s the Root Volume it should Contains the ‘root’ Keyword…

4. Shrinking/Reducing a LVM Volume on Linux Mint Debian

   Specifing the Final Size:

   lvreduce --resizefs --size 100G /dev/my-vg/my-lv

   or Specifing the Amount to Take Off:

   lvreduce --resizefs --size -50G /dev/my-vg/my-lv

   The ‘–resizefs‘ Flag is Fundamental in Succeeding because First as needed it will Resize the File System.

5. How-to Shrink the LVM Physical Volume to Free Up Space:

   Debian Shrinking LVM Physical Volume

   Debian Resizing LVM Physical Volume.

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